Well, duh. The trick is convincing people that radical ideas like ending slavery or providing health care are promising to be useful and not just ripping off the rich.

Jefferson did NOT say this. It has been debunked by scholars at University of Virginia. Yes, you see it all over the internet, but it is not from TJ and when you think about, it DOESN'T make sense. In America we fear the government and we have liberty. In Syria, for one example, the government fears the people and there is tyranny. Zero Stars